[Event "StrateGems"] [Site "?"] [Date "2016.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "(5) Martin Minski (Germany)"] [Black "?"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "1st Prize "] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "K6k/P3p1p1/4R1P1/1r1r2PB/2b3P1/1P6/8/4Q3 w - - 0 1"] [PlyCount "17"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] {Judge Peter Gyarmati: "A beautiful key setting is achieved after the seventh move when Black is in Zugzwang -- the main line (the roles are reversed in the try). All moves show tactical motifs. The author built his work superbly, the highlight of the study comes at the end: a minor piece promotion."} 1. Rb6 $1 Rxb6 (1... Rd8+ 2. Kb7 Rd7+ 3. Kc8 $18) 2. Qxe7 Re5 $1 (2... Rd7 3. Qxd7 Bg8 4. Qb7 $1 Rxb3 5. Qb8 $18 {zz see mainline}) 3. Qd8+ $1 ({logical try:} 3. Qxe5 $2 Bg8 $1 {zugzwang for White} 4. Qb8 Rxb3 {zz} 5. Qxb3 Bxb3 6. Kb8 Bd5 $11) 3... Re8 $1 (3... Bg8 4. Qxb6 $18) 4. Qxe8+ Bg8 5. Qe5 $1 {zugzwang for Black} (5. Qb8 $2 Rxb3 $11 {zz}) (5. Qd8 $2 Rb8+ $1 6. axb8=Q {stalemate}) 5... Rb4 $1 ( 5... Rxb3 6. Qb8 $18 {zz}) 6. Qd6 $1 (6. Qb8 $2 Rxb3 $11 {zz}) 6... Rxb3 (6... Rb5 7. b4 $1 Bd5+ 8. Qxd5 $18) 7. Qb8 $1 {zz} Rxb8+ (7... Ra3 8. Kb7 Rxa7+ 9. Qxa7 $18 (9. Kxa7 $2 {stalemate})) 8. axb8=N $1 (8. axb8=Q $2 {stalemate}) (8. Kxb8 $2 Bd5 $11) 8... Bd5+ 9. Ka7 $18 1-0